Week 1 (Dec 18)

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1. Course introduction and Syllabus

2. Integrating Technology (3 ways)

3. Digital Citizenship

4. Projects & CECA applications (Standards for Tech)

5. Best uses for Technology

6. Homework for 12/23. Meeting online at 8:00 p.m.

✔︎ Homework

1. Attend the WebEx Meeting next week

2. Start your personal wiki. Create 8 pages.

• An intro page, include a photo, a paragraph about yourself and 5 of your favorite quotes about education or technology
• A page for class assignments. Call it Assignments
• Five pages for your Unit (Day 1, Day 2 . . . . ). Each page will have a Lesson Plan and embedded materials (At least 2 per page).
• One page for Resources. Post references for any outside materials you use such as activity sheets or media. Post URLs to pages where you have gotten information and resources.
• Optional Create a page for all outside learning materials and call it Prerequisites or Additional Materials. If you find great videos about using this or integrating that, you can include them in your unit on this page.

3. Choose a project topic. Email the instructor by 12/21 (Saturday)

4. Go through the Wiki Tour website to see what wikis can do. List the things you would like to learn to do with a wiki from that list. Rate them from your most desired to least (list at least 5 features you’d like to learn to do) Bring your list to class.

5. Get logins for free online tools and apps including the following:

a. Google http://www.google.com
b. Bubbl.us https://bubbl.us/
c. Ted.ed http://ed.ted.com/
d. Screencast-o-matic https://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
e. Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/
f. Use your Google ID to set up a YouTube account. http://www.youtube.com/

6. Digital Citizenship: Read the information below and respond as directed

http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html

Then, in a post to your wiki Assignments page, rate your expertise in the nine elements of Digital Citizenship listed on the page. So, for each topic, rate yourself from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent) for each. After looking at the characteristics listed for the attribute what else would you like to learn (to do) to make your score higher?

1.   Digital Access:   full electronic participation in society. 
2.   Digital Commerce:   electronic buying and selling of goods.
3.   Digital Communication:   electronic exchange of information. 
4.   Digital Literacy:   process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology.
5.   Digital Etiquette:   electronic standards of conduct or procedure.
6.   Digital Law:   electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
7.   Digital Rights & Responsibilities:   those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world.
8.   Digital Health & Wellness:   physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world.
9.   Digital Security (self-protection):   electronic precautions to guarantee safety.